Long Term Antibiotics = anxiety and depression ?

Hello All,

I hope you are having a "good" day. I had been progressing very well on my treatment path when all the sudden two months into my rifampin mino cycle I developed ocd thoughts/intrusive thoughts, anxiety and slight depression. This was the last thing I expected as it truly came out of nowhere and I felt 90%. These were my very first symptoms of my neurolyme. Also tested positive for bartonella.

I took a break from the antibiotics for a week and a half and the ocd anxiety depression slowly faded away until they were no more. And then like clock work I ingested my first antibiotic in a week and a half and they came back. I got off the antibiotics again and yes it all dissapeared.

Now I have just had my first shot of bicllin yesterday and the anxiety and depression has re-appeared though not as strong. What could this be? Could it be a chronic candida infection (I have been on antibiotics for a year and a half straight)? I never thought candida could do this if so. My other hypothesis is the antibiotics are messing up my thyroid/adrenals?

I do not think the ocd, anxiety depression is a herx as it is the same level all the time. I also have no brain fog, no headaches, no flu like symptoms.

I am thinking about getting nystatin. What do you guys think? Thanks

You have shown by it returning no matter what abx is used, that you are indeed herxing.

What all are you doing to detox? You will need to help your body more with it's detoxing needs and we might be able to help you with suggestions.

Also, have you had the MTHFR gene testing done?

You're right, it's all pretty much a guessing game, but there are things you can do to help you decide what's needed.

There is definitely a lot more that you could add to your detox routine - and that is the only way to know if you are herxing.

When I treated, I had a pattern that my body followed. 3 weeks in and I herxed for 3 weeks. If I did all I could to detox - oil pulling, dry skin brushing, lymph massages, detox foot soaks (the full baths were too much for me), activated charcoal, at least 64 ounces of water a day, making sure that my bowels moved daily, taking ALA, and whatever exercise level I could tolerate - if I did all those things, I could get ahead of the toxins again and could finish out my treatments without being miserable - but I had to continue to do all I could to detox or those symptoms would come flooding back in and I would be miserable - and bedridden.

The other possibility is that there are a few people have seen that their first symptoms to be seen are the last ones to leave. I would want to see if I could alleviate symptoms rather than just see if I could ride them out though.

I wish you luck, F-Lyme!!! Please do let us know how you do!